Armenian

Adjective

կարմիր • ‎(karmir) ‎(superlative ամենակարմիր)

1. red

Declension

Noun

կարմիր • ‎(karmir)

1. red

Declension

Old Armenian

Etymology

An Iranian borrowing. Compare Middle Persian klmyr ‎(*karmīr, “red, crimson”), Sogdian krmʾyr ‎(*karmīr, *kərmīr, “red”), Sanskrit किर्मीर ‎(kirmīra, “a variegated color”) and Hebrew כרמיל ‎(karmīl, “crimson, carmine”), an Iranian borrowing. Ultimately from the word for “worm”: compare Persian کرم ‎(kerm), Sanskrit कृमि ‎(kṛ́mi).

Adjective

կարմիր • ‎(karmir)

1. red

Declension

Noun

կարմիր • ‎(karmir)

1. red
2. red-coloured object
3. carmine
4. gold coin

Declension

Derived terms

Descendants

• Armenian: կարմիր ‎(karmir)

References

• Petrosean, H. Matatʿeay V. (1879), “կարմիր”, in Nor Baṙagirkʿ Hay-Angliarēn [New Dictionary Armenian–English], Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Awetikʿean, G.; Siwrmēlean, X.; Awgerean, M. (1836–1837), “կարմիր”, in Nor baṙgirkʿ haykazean lezui [New Dictionary of the Armenian Language] (in Old Armenian), Venice: S. Lazarus Armenian Academy
• Ačaṙean, Hračʿeay (1971–1979), “կարմիր”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Dictionary of Armenian Root Words] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, Yerevan: University Press, published 1926–1935